Kombos Collective

Kombos Collective The Kombos Collective (formerly Greek Chamber Music Project) presents captivating programming in intimate concert settings inspired by the Hellenic World.

Vardari album out Sept 5 https://komboscollective.bandcamp.com/album/vardari-shared-balkan-melodies The Greek Chamber Music Project (GCMP) is an ensemble that celebrates the Greek world through captivating programming in intimate concert settings. Recent programs have included the East Coast tour Remembering the Jews of Greece, deeply personal songs about The Iliad in Conversations with Homer, and

the commissioning of Talos Dreams inspired by the myth of the first robot. GCMP is a champion of Greek composers, shedding light on the rich musical repertoire coming out of Greece and the Greek diaspora. GCMP has released three full-length albums and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Library of Congress, as well as cultural centers and universities across the U.S. and Canada.

Great Vardari show at the Cheeseboard tonight! We have a few new tunes in our setlist, including the Roma folk tune "Log...
05/23/2026

Great Vardari show at the Cheeseboard tonight! We have a few new tunes in our setlist, including the Roma folk tune "Logia Kleidomena/Ramo Ramo" and a contemporary tune "Dinata Dinata," which also has pop versions in Turkish and Serbian. Shoutout to for sitting in on clarinet.

05/21/2026

Come on through this Friday to hear some Greek and Balkan shared melodies. Lively world-fusion sound 😎

Friday, May 22, 2026 • 4:45pm – 7:45pm
The Cheeseboard Collective
1512 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley

📸 Photos by Olesya Grichina

We had a beautiful time playing at Piano Palace, a cool Bohemian art studio in Half Moon Bay 🌞. Thank you to for hostin...
05/19/2026

We had a beautiful time playing at Piano Palace, a cool Bohemian art studio in Half Moon Bay 🌞. Thank you to for hosting us!

Come see Vardari in Berkeley this Friday at the Cheeseboard 🍕 with special guest Greg Jenkins on clarinet

✅Friday, May 22, 2026 • 4:45pm – 7:45pm
The Cheeseboard Collective
1512 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
Free

🎶 Kori Eleni/Eleno Mome

Performances by:
Ellie Falaris Ganelin, vocals, flute & arrangements .ganelin
Christina Walton, violin & backing vocals .o.walton
J. Maddox, guitar
Joe Belson, bass .b
Sage Baggott, drumset & percussion .baggott

05/14/2026

Pan-Balkan wedding melody takes party to a new level with this cumbia rendition. 🎉 🎺 🪘

Bulgarian/N. Macedonian version: Mashala
Albanian version: Marshalla (Sa bukur na ka dalë nusja)

Upcoming Vardari shows:

**This Sunday**
May 17 • 4pm
Piano Palace
514 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, CA
Presented by Artist Migration

Friday, May 22 • 4:45pm – 7:45pm
The Cheeseboard Collective
1512 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley

05/13/2026

Pan-Balkan wedding melody takes party to a new level with this cumbia rendition. 🎉 🎺 🪘

Bulgarian/N. Macedonian version: "Mashala"
Albanian version: "Marshalla" (Sa bukur na ka dalë nusja)

Upcoming Vardari shows:

**This Sunday**
May 17 • 4pm
Piano Palace
514 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, CA
Presented by Artist Migration

Friday, May 22 • 4:45pm – 7:45pm
The Cheeseboard Collective
1512 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley

05/11/2026

Thank you to Take Effect Reviews for the glowing album review ✨

05/08/2026

Rocking out with a classic rembetiko tune: "Dimitrioula Mou" (Greek) and "Entarisi Ala Benziyor" (Turkish). Both versions of the song have been recorded and performed by Roza Eskenazi, Jewish songstress born in Istanbul who would go on to become the Billie Holiday of Greece in the 1930s-50s.

Filmed by Jeff Kaliss at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco on November 14, 2025.

Personnel:
Ellie Falaris Ganelin, vocals, flute & arrangements
J. Maddox, guitar
Joe Belson, bass
Sage Baggott, drumset & percussion

Upcoming shows!

Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 4pm
Piano Palace
514 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, CA
Presented by Artist Migration
Tickets: https://www.viewcy.com/event/vardari__balkan_musi

Friday, May 22, 2026 • 4:45pm – 7:45pm
The Cheeseboard Collective
1512 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
RSVP: https://partiful.com/e/F2v8BOspr1gxPhIOHEce

05/05/2026

Vardari song spotlight: Hasapikohora 🎻🪈

The melody in Hasapikohora is originally a Romanian hora. This arrangement draws from George Enescu’s “Romanian Rhapsody No. 1” for orchestra and also a Greek hasapiko from Constantinople: “Karotseri Trava,” which means “Hurry, Coachman.” Klezmer king Naftule Brandwein recorded it in 1924 as part of a medley of tunes under the title “Das Teureste in Bukowina.” The arrangement mashes up all three versions of this hasapiko+hora and is primarily a flute and violin feature meant to show off the players' virtuosic range.

Come hear Vardari live!

Sunday, May 17 • 4pm
Piano Palace
514 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, CA
Presented by Artist Migration

Friday, May 22 • 4:45pm – 7:45pm
The Cheeseboard Collective
1512 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley


📸 Photos by olesya.grichina

05/01/2026

📸 Photos by olesya.grichina

Two chances to see Vardari in May! Lively world-chamber-jazz-rock sung in 9 languages.

Sunday, May 17 • 4pm
Piano Palace
514 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, CA
Presented by Artist Migration

Friday, May 22 • 4:45pm – 7:45pm
The Cheeseboard Collective
1512 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley

04/21/2026

Two chances to see Vardari in May! Lively world-chamber-jazz-rock sung in 9 languages.

Sunday, May 17 • 4pm
Piano Palace
514 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, CA
Presented by Artist Migration

Friday, May 22 • 4:45pm – 7:45pm
The Cheeseboard Collective
1512 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley

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2698 Folsom Street @ 23rd Street
San Francisco, CA
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